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Directors and Officers Liability Market Firming: Towers Watson
Mar 14 2013 // The directors and officers liability market continued to see price increases in 2012, with more private/not-for-profit organizations reporting rate increases than public organizations but, according to a new industry...
West Virginia Debates Property Insurance Nonrenewal Rules
Mar 13 2013 // In West Virginia and most other states, an insurer can choose not to renew people’s property insurance policy if a claim is filed over weather damage. A West Virginia Senate bill that would ban that practice was...
Florida Senate Bill Would Depopulate Citizens, Raise Rates, Create Clearinghouse
Mar 13 2013 // Lawmakers in the Florida Senate have taken steps to return the state-backed insurer Citizens Property Insurance Corp. to its original purpose of being a market of last resort by requiring it to charge actuarially sound...
Legislators Propose Stretching Out NFIP Rate Hike Timeline to Assist Sandy Victims
Mar 12 2013 // A group of U.S. representatives from New York is proposing a bill that would stretch out the National Flood Insurance Program’s premium increase timeline. On Monday, U.S. Reps. Michael G. Grimm (R-N.Y.), Gregory...
Kentucky Judges Dismiss Texting While Driving Charges
Mar 12 2013 // Jefferson County, Kentucky judges have dismissed nearly 40 percent of the texting while driving charges brought under the state’s two-year-old ban while police and prosecutors say the ban is nearly impossible to...
Farmers Brace for Crop Insurance Cuts
Mar 12 2013 // U.S. farm groups are looking for a formula to lower crop subsidy spending dramatically and end regional infighting ahead of new congressional demands for cuts in a farm bill now costing $10 billion more than...
Conn., N.J. and N.Y. Lawmakers Decry Sandy Cuts
Mar 11 2013 // Three Democratic members of Congress from Connecticut, New Jersey and New York are voicing concerns about automatic federal budget cuts that will trim federal Superstorm Sandy aid. In a conference call on Friday, March 8,...
Arkansas Gun Maker Limits Law Enforcement Sales as Protest
Mar 11 2013 // Wilson Combat, an Arkansas-based maker of custom firearms, is joining other small manufacturers across the county in adopting no sale policies to law-enforcement agencies in states that adopt strict laws on gun...
Kentucky Panel Revives Christian Health Bill, Confirms Clark as Commissioner
Mar 11 2013 // A Christians-only health care ministry would be allowed to resume operating in Kentucky under a measure that had been languishing in the Legislature only to be revived by a House committee last week. The House Banking and...
Survey: Most Texas Voters Support Licensing Roofers
Mar 11 2013 // A recent survey shows that most registered Texas voters support the licensing of roofers in the state. According to the survey by the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT), when asked if roofing contractors should be licensed...
Connecticut Proposes Mediation Program for Homeowners Claims Disputes
Mar 8 2013 // Connecticut’s insurance department is proposing a new program that would offer a mediation option to resolve claims disputes between homeowners and their insurance companies that arise from catastrophes, such as...
Connecticut Lawmakers Create Fund for Newtown Workers
Mar 8 2013 // Connecticut lawmakers created a special charitable fund on Wednesday to help cover the mental health costs of first responders, educators and other workers traumatized by the Newtown school massacre. Both chambers of the...
Florida Judge: 104-Week Limit on Temporary Disability Benefits Unconstitutional
Mar 7 2013 // A Florida district court judge’s ruling that declared unconstitutional a 104-week limitation on injured workers’ temporary benefits has left insurers and employers scrambling to come up with a legislative...
Washington Governor, Senators Differ On Climate Proposal
Mar 7 2013 // Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday insisted Washington state is poised to lead the fight against climate change and urged lawmakers to help him move quickly on the issue. The governor advocated for his inaugural climate change...
Minnesota House Passes Health Exchange Proposal
Mar 6 2013 // The Minnesota House passed a bill establishing the state’s health insurance exchange, the first step toward enactment of an online marketplace that aims to give more than a million Minnesotans a new place to purchase...
Ex-DEP Boss: Buy Out Flood-Prone New Jersey Homes
Mar 6 2013 // As New Jersey lawmakers consider a package of bills to help the state recover from Superstorm Sandy, a former New Jersey environmental protection commissioner says the storm provided a golden opportunity to buy out...
Property Insurance on Agenda as Florida Legislature Opens
Mar 6 2013 // New leadership now controls Florida’s Republican-led Legislature, where the loquacious Don Gaetz presides in the Senate and 33-year-old Will Weatherford steps into the biggest test of his political career as speaker...
Commentary: Agents Act Now on Healthcare Reform
Mar 5 2013 // For agents and brokers, 2013 is a relatively quiet period related to Affordable Care Act requirements. However it should be a busy time for agents and brokers to begin preparing their clients for what is coming in...
Facebook CEO, Directors Face New Lawsuit Over Last Year’s Troubled IPO
Mar 5 2013 // A Facebook Inc. shareholder filed a lawsuit over the largest social networking company’s botched initial public offering and is seeking to hold Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, directors and officers responsible for...
Arkansas House Panel Rejects School Employee Gun Bill
Mar 4 2013 // An Arkansas House panel rejected a proposal that would have allowed some school employees to carry guns in schools after completing an active shooter training course. The House Education Committee voted against the measure...
